page_title: Phalaenopsis
section_title: Natural hybrids
hierarchical_section_title: Phalaenopsis / Natural hybrids
caption_attribution_description: English: Phalaenopsis Orchid Floral Arrangement in vases
context_page_description: Phalaenopsis Blume, commonly known as moth orchids, is a genus of about seventy species of plants in the family Orchidaceae. Orchids in this genus are monopodial epiphytes or lithophytes with long, coarse roots, short, leafy stems and long-lasting, flat flowers arranged in a flowering stem that often branches near the end. Orchids in this genus are native to India, Taiwan, China, Southeast Asia, New Guinea and Australia with the majority in Indonesia and the Philippines.
context_section_description: Phalaenopsis × amphitrite Kraenzl. (P. sanderiana × P. stuartiana; Mindanao, Philippines)
  Phalaenopsis × gersenii (P. sumatrana × P. violacea; Borneo and Sumatra)
  Phalaenopsis hieroglyphica × lueddemanniana (P. hieroglyphica × P. lueddemanniana; Philippines)
  Phalaenopsis × intermedia Lindl. (P. aphrodite × P. equestris; star of Leyte; Leyte, Philippines) (First recognized Phalaenopsis hybrid)
  Phalaenopsis × intermedia var. diezii (P. aphrodite × P. equestris; star of Leyte; Leyte, Philippines)
  Phalaenopsis × leucorrhoda Rchb.f. (P. aphrodite × P. schilleriana; Luzon, Philippines)
  Phalaenopsis × rolfeana H.R.Sweet
  Phalaenopsis × rothschildiana (P. amabilis × P. schilleriana; Luzon, Philippines)
  Phalaenopsis × schilleriano-stuartiana (P. schilleriana × P. stuartiana; Leyte, Philippines)
  Phalaenopsis × singuliflora (P. bellina × P. sumatrana; Borneo)
  Phalaenopsis × valentinii Rchb.f.
  Phalaenopsis × veitchiana (P. equestris × P. schilleriana; Luzon and Leyte, Philippines)
caption: Floral arrangement
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